くそ doesn't have to refer to actual excrement. It's often used as a prefix to show general disdain. Considering how Jehovah felt about graven images, it doesn't surprise me that the Bible calls them 糞像.

Edit: the above notwithstanding, I think the Bible is copyrighted in Japan, meaning there's only one version. If that's true (確認？) then it's more likely that the OP just misread 偶像 (see below).

Last edited by PsychoSP on Wed 02.21.2007 7:40 pm, edited 1 time in total.

お分かりになりました?
I noticed 糞像 is used in Bible of "Watchtower" even now.
糞像 seems to be used as an insulting of 偶像. But it is not common word.
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Yudan-taitekiさん
「日本聖書刊行会」でも差別語修正のために、わりと最近、改訂版を出したんですが、私が持っているのは改定前のもので「偶像」でした。